I am delighted to welcome you to our 7th auction, this being our first in the format of a 'Buy or Bid' sale, where lots may be bid-on or purchased outright; there are over 1300 attractive lots on offer. The sale features items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; stamps of the Holyland, Egypt and the JNF; postal history of all periods and across all themes and subjects from the Holyland, Mandate, Israel, the Palestinian Authority & near east as well as worldwide wartime (WWI / WWII) civilian and military mail (from 'horseshoe' and pre-'horseshoe route' mail to post-Third Reich 'uberroller' & displaced persons mail), specialized mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict & 'postkrieg', hijack/terror mail + American Civil War Confederate States of America - a new subject area for us; plus Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, Judaica, coins and banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and we've worked on improving the sale's navigability, functionality and ease of use. Any informational updates about issues that occur during the sale will be posted just below this message. More Information »

Turkey: Mustafa Kemal [Atatürk] carpet, circa. 1920-1923; size: carpet only (not incl. fringes): 59.7cm x 95.7cm. The carpet design is based on a famous 1918 photograph of Ataturk standing in full military uniform, although the rendition on the carpet is more youthful than his appearance in the photograph; below there is a legend in Ottoman-Turkish. The design is reminiscent of a similar weave made in Jerusalem by the Alliance Israelite Universelle School, but more artistic, intricate and with Turkish devices in the design: in this instance, with a romantic-militaristic depiction of Ataturk, the rug may date to the period of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923), where Ataturk became a dominant national figurehead after his party's victory in December 1919, and Ataturk himself as the head of the nationalist Turkish government in Ankara (Jan. 1920). Rare and undocumented, fully intact.

Product Tags: Turkish Carpets, Memorabilia and Arabiana from Turkey and from 1919-23 Turkish War of Independence, 20th Century, 1920s which are Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event

Product Tags: Middle Eastern Jewelry/Broach/Accessory/Silverware, Memorabilia and Arabiana from Middle East and from 20th Century, which are Objects with Biblical or Jewish Religious references or Hebrew Dates

Unsold: may be available for sale $74.00

Egypt? illustrated blue wrapper for package of cigarettes with image of armed soldier, with Arabic legend "20 special cigarettes for military personnel", issued by "Tobacco and Cigarettes Enclosing Department", circa. 1950's.